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St Pauls Walden
Adjacent Parishes: Hitchin, Kimpton, Kings Walden, Knebsworth
It is in the Cashio Hundred and the Hitchin Union
Whitwell is a hamlet in the parish
All Saints Church, St Pauls Walden. The embattled tower, with its spike and a stair turret, is 15th century in its upper stages but the lower part is probably 14th century - possibly contemporary with the nave. The south chapel was added in the early 16th century but the most interesting part of the church is the chancel which was entirely remodelled in 1727: it is separated from the nave by a "gorgeous, if decidedly worldly, screen" commissioned by Edward Gilbert of The Bury, and an ancestor of the Bowes Lyon family: a small memorial to him was put up on the south wall after his death in 1762. There is some speculation that the screen was actually designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor but there is no actual sound proof to back up this claim. There is an octagonal 15th century font but the pulpit was designed to match the 18th century chancel interior design.
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Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret "The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, daughters of T.R.H The Duke and Duchess of York, taken at St Paul's Walden Bury, Welwyn, Herts, the residence of their grandparents the Earl and Countess of Strathmore." |
Book: Hertfordshire's Queen
Book: The Parish of Saint Paul's Walden
St Pauls Walden Bury (East Front)
- circa 1920??
Topics: War memorials and Rolls of Honour - give details of War Memorial
from Afoot in Hertfordshire by Frank Dawes
Registers
Parish Registers at HALS:
Baptisms 1559-1961, Marriages 1559-1965, Burials 1558-1903
Familysearch batch numbers:
C072881, C072882, M072881, M072882
British Vital Records Index: Marriages
1837-1926
National Burial Index: No entries
HF&PHS have published the memorial inscriptions and the 18th century militia lists.
See also Vital Records
If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
Page updated July 2007
